By Chris Turner Director of Communications, TBMB There is almost a certainty that pro-life legislation in Tennessee eventually will be passed into law, but indecision abounds about what that legislation might look like when it finally lands on the governor’s desk for final approval. One thing about which there is no longer indecision is Senate Bill 1236, or the “conception bill.” “Senate Bill 1236 was an important bill that had

By David Dawson [email protected] David Boyd, pastor at First Baptist Church, Camden, continues to hear harrowing tales about the tornadoes that tore through Benton County on Monday night. “(We’ve heard) things where you say, ‘wow, I thought that only happened in the movies,” Boyd said. “It’s almost hard to even imagine it.”   Although the violent storms didn’t create as much damage in Benton County as they did in other

By Lonnie Wilkey [email protected] COOKEVILLE — Before the day was over on March 4 nearly 3,000 volunteers gathered in Putnam County to clear debris and help local residents begin their long road to recovery in the aftermath of a deadly tornado which swept through Middle Tennessee in the early morning hours of March 3. Similar numbers were out among those affected in other counties in Tennessee, primarily Davidson and Wilson

EDITOR’S NOTE: Baptist Press updated this story at 3 p.m. Tuesday. By Diana Chandler Baptist Press NASHVILLE — Pastors shared hope and faith in the midst of death and destruction early March 3 just after a series of tornadoes tore through middle Tennessee, killing at least 22 and heavily damaging businesses, homes and at least two Southern Baptist churches. An elderly couple who were longtime members of First Baptist Church